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UNITEDV STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

cHAELEs T. sEGAE, oE UTICA, NEW YoEK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,930, dated `July 24, 1883.

Application filed March 17, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. SEGAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cot-Beds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a top View of my device. Fig. 2 isa cross-sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is afbottom view, and Fig.

4 is a detail view.

This invention has relation to cot-beds; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the side bars of the cot, and B the pivoted legs thereof.

C C indicate the folding transverse braces, which are connected by the slotted center bar, D, and are provided with the stop-arms E, which are connected by the pivot e, passing through the slot -of the center bar.

To the side bars, A, near their ends, are secured inwardly-proj ecting bearings g, to which the upper ends of the oblique braces H are connected, their lower ends being connected to bearings k, attached-to the lower transverse braces of the folding, supports. When the supports are folded parallel with the side bars, and between the same, the side bars are automatically drawn toward each other by the opm, of clamp-bearings N, which are pivoted in the side bars at o in parallel relation to each other. Each clamp-bearing Nis connected to (No model.)

a similar clamp-bearing, N, parallel thereto, by means of a coupling, a, so that nea-r the head of each side bar are provided two parallel clamp-bearings, to which two spring rods or supports, s, are attached` said rods or supports being connected at their upper ends by linkbearings t, to which the cloth or webbing w of the head-rest is attached.

When the under supports of the cot are folded toward the side bars, drawing the latter together, the connections Z cause the bearings N to turn, their motion being parallel, so that the head-rest is gradually folded upon the cot.- Vhen the cot is unfolded by pulling out its supports, the head-rest is at the same time automatically raised.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a folding cot, the combination, with the side bars, A, and the' folding supports B, connected by the folding transverse bars C C, the latter being connected by the verticallyslotted central bar, D, of the stop-arms E, and the oblique braces H, connected to the transon the inner faces of the side bars, A, substantially as specified. v

2. The combination, with a folding cot, of the pivoted connecting-bars Z, extending to the lever-arms m of the clamp-bearings N, pivoted in the side bars, A, in parallel relation to each other, the couplings a, connecting the bearings N with the bearings N', parallel thereto, the spring-rods s, attached to the bearings N N', and provided with the link-bearings t at their upper ends, and the webbing w, attached thereto, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the side bars and folding supports, of the parallel pivoted clampbearings for the supports of the head-rest, their couplings, and link-bearings, and connecting-bars extending therefrom to the fold- 'ing supports, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES T. SEGAR,

Witnesses:

GEO. H. WiLsoN,

M. E. BLAsIER.

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